West Seattle - Opinion

“You’re too young for that,” was something that I always hated to hear when I was growing up. Since I was six years younger than my next sibling I was the tagalong. One time my sister promised me she would take me to Deep Lake to swim if I would…MORE

Of course God’s creatures are awesome. Aren’t we all God’s creatures? But if you are an atheist or agnostic then you wouldn’t refer to God’s creatures but to creatures of the earth. No matter what you call it, creation wasn’t perfect. Who would…MORE

For those who are wondering, Colorado was brilliant and beautifully sunny. I walked on a frozen lake for the first time, resulting in so much snow packed into the open toes of my walking boot that I wasn't sure if I had toes anymore. But worth it…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

The dictionary defines a window as an opening in the wall of a building for admission of light and air. It is usually enclosed by casements or sashes containing transparent material such as glass and capable of…MORE

Hello everyone! I’m writing to all of you from the land of cold and snow that is the US Mountain Time Zone. It’s stunningly beautiful, but traipsing over porches of ice and wet in an open-toed walking boot has been a…shall we say interesting…MORE

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade with its enormous balloons tethered against the wind are now only in the memory of those who are children at heart. Stars of the entertainment industry after waving from open roadsters to cement their relationship with…MORE

Do you remember when everyone was migrating to Silicon Valley, the drawing card for technology nerds? The braggarts from the valley were abruptly told to move over for Bill Gates who became the power to be reckoned with. So Bellevue, once a…MORE

I was wracking my brain this week trying to find a lighter topic to write about. Maybe something that wasn’t so statistics or technical jargon heavy. I’ll leave that for next week. Yet despite my adamant denial of being a die-hard cynic, I was…MORE

As someone being allowed their weekly soapbox in a public forum, I can’t help but address the issue of personal bias. For those of you who haven’t noticed yet, I’m young, impassioned and not always so great at pulling my written punches. I…MORE

By Mayor Mike McGinn Many cities are struggling in the aftermath of the recession to keep the jobs they still have and attract new ones. We're still recovering from the job losses suffered during the recession from 2007 to 2009. Seattle lost 35,…MORE